On Wednesday, clear skies over most of the region allowed for good viewing of the Mercury conjunction with the moon.

Tonight, the skies will offer some fascinating celestial events, featuring a special rendezvous between the crescent Moon and ...

This week’s Antarctic solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse in a fortnight are punctuated by the Moon passing in front of ...

A stunning Moon–Mercury conjunction will light up the western sky on 18 February. The slim crescent Moon will appear close to Mercury just after sunset. Here’s when to look, where it will be visible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three to four times a year, the planet Mercury appears to travel backward across the sky — referencing a retrograde motion. But to ...

The 1.5-day-old moon will be in close conjunction with Mercury on Feb. 18. You may be able to spot Venus in binoculars about ...

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month in what's known as a planetary parade. Catch the spectacle while you can because it's the last one of the year. Around 4 billion years ago, an ...

Earth’s Moon and Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, may contain significantly more water ice than previously thought, according to a new analysis of data from NASA’s LRO and MESSENGER spacecraft.